Patriot Member since Sep-26-08 · Last seen May-21-13 I'm a class A player with the USCF (~1840). But in 2006 I was class D (~1300) before I started taking lessons with NM Dan Heisman. I've been coming to this site for quite a while and I believe it has helped me to better my analysis skills. It is very insightful to read posts by some of my favorite kibitzers: <johnlspouge> (was he kidnapped?), <dzechiel>, <TheaN>, <CHESSTTCAMPS>, <agb2002>, <gofer>, and of course <Once>, and other kibitzer "greats". My appreciation goes to them for helping me reach a higher level. My thoughts on improvement have changed recently. I used to be dead set against helpmate problems which I thought teaches you the bad habit of expecting your opponent to make a bad move. Too much of anything is bad, but this has the positive of training piece coordination which is a very powerful skill to have. Here's another example: My coach showed me a few problems where you must force immediate checkmate by swapping any two pieces on the board, resulting in a legal checkmate position. For example, you can't swap a piece and a pawn if the pawn is on the 8th rank or checks your own king--that's not a legal position. There are many ways to improve key areas in chess. If anyone wishes to critique my analysis or ideas, feel free to do so. I won't take it personally. I need feedback! Or if you want opinions on improvement, feel free to ask.

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May-21-13 Korchnoi vs I Krush, 2007    Patriot: 27...Qxe4 and I don't see how white will cope. 28.Nxe4? Rd1+ and mate next.      May-20-13 F J Moyano Morales vs C Merlo, 1967    Patriot: 20.Qg5+ Rxg5 21.Rxg5# - Very cool!      May-19-13 Yifan Hou vs Lahno, 2012    Patriot: I'll go with 38.Qxg7 here. 38...Qh5+ 39.Kg3 fxg5 40.Bxg5+ looks risky for black. 38...Qxc1 39.Qxf6+ will at least win a piece back plus a pawn.      May-18-13 Staunton vs Von Der Lasa, 1853    Patriot: Ok, I missed 26.Rf2 in the first line which loses for black!      May-17-13 Fischer vs W Beach, 1963    Patriot: It's funny--this puzzle has been used numerous times (one of which I chose the winning move without going into detail).      May-16-13 D Edelman vs J Curdo, 1983    Patriot: 18...Nxf3+ looks pretty good. 19.gxf3 Qg5+ wins material back at least. 20.Kf2 Bh3 looks really bad for white.      May-15-13 N Aggelis vs A Heimann, 2012    Patriot: Hmm...31.Qe7 Nxh3+ 32.Kf1? Qxd5 wins for black. 31.Qd6 is something I never considered here.      May-14-13 T Hickendorff vs R Van Bokhorst, 2005    Patriot: 25...Ra1+ 26.Kxa1 Nc3+ and mate next. Nice Tuesday puzzle!      May-13-13 Chigorin vs Davydow, 1874    Patriot: This "very easy" puzzle took several minutes--mostly to get past the 26.Nd7+ idea. 26.Na6+ bxa6 27.Qb4#      May-11-13 J Cori vs N Huschenbeth, 2012   Patriot: Oh well--After 22...Ne2+ I missed the fact the rook is guarding that square.      May-10-13 Patriot chessforum     May-10-13 Gunsberg vs Von Gottschall, 1887     May-09-13 V Vepkhvishvili vs D Gedevanishvili, 1983     May-08-13 Hertneck vs A Ferreira, 1983     May-07-13 J Negro vs Manuelli, 1983    May-07-13 morfishine chessforum     May-06-13 Z Belic vs S Inhoven, 1987     May-05-13 V Buenermann vs K Mokry, 1998     May-04-13 N Vitiugov vs Ding Liren, 2012     May-03-13 Kasparov vs P Nikolic, 1992     May-02-13 Pospisil vs Keller, 1984     May-01-13 V Tukmakov vs Schussler, 1983     Apr-30-13 V Vepkhvishvili vs K Shavgulidze, 1983     Apr-29-13 H P Garcia vs P Gelpke, 1983     Apr-28-13 Adams vs Fedorov, 2001     Apr-27-13 Lenderman vs S Zierk, 2012  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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 37 OF 37 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-25-13    morfishine: Hello <Patriot>! You wrote: <...But I think there is an exception that we both have adopted--we both assessed the position (before calculation) and thought Qf7 was the most logical move. Then we proved it works! There's nothing wrong with that> Yes, this is a case of finding a winning line and stopping calculating. If you see a forced mate in 5, go for it. If you find a forced mate in 4 later on in Post-Mortem, oh well. Here, 31.Qf7 is so strong, its not just a "good move" or a candidate: its winning Apr-26-13    morfishine: Hi <Patriot>! I like this comment: <So generally on the current move, try to find the best within a reasonable time> This gets right to the point of OTB chess: time is a real factor as opposed to correspondence chess <When looking ahead you don't always need to find the best moves if you can prove the first move is best> This sounds funny, but I know what you are driving at. A series of strong forcing moves is frequently just as powerful as one "brilliant" move Fischer was a genius at this. The Russians bemoaned their ill fortunes in playing Fischer, with one stating "Fischer plays simple chess, like a child", yet maddeningly, they had a very difficult time beating this "child" :) Apr-26-13    morfishine: Hello <Patriot>! I couldn't agree more with your concluding words: <...a win is a win!> Plenty of times after I won, its been pointed out "This was faster" or "This wins the Queen outright" etc. Yet, I've never felt slighted or offended; On the contrary, I've always enjoyed stuff like this being pointed out; What hurts is after a loss when someone says, you know you had this move or that move... On a side note, I'm having a difficult time with this "ultra slow" play; True its allowing me to look deeper and it has helped: For example, in one instance, I was set on a move but stubbornly decided to go through the candidates, and low and behold, I found a better more. But sometimes I still get side tracked from the normal thought process and overlook stuff; For example check out this move sequence: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.d3 h6 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.h3 g5 10.d4 exd4 click for larger view Black just recaptured, so natural candidates for White are 11.Nxd4 & 11.cxd4. While looking these over, I noticed 11.e5 which looks powerful. However, I became focused on Black's defenses instead of White's potential and didn't see White's threat 12.Ne4. I played 11.Nxd4 and now have to worry about problems on the e-file Do me a favor and check out if 11.e5 is as strong as I think it would've been. Thanks! Morf Apr-26-13    morfishine: Thanks <Patriot>! I didn't feel comfortable with 11.cxd4 due to 11...Bb4 But White can secure the two Bishops with 11.cxd4 Bb4 12.Qc4 Well, I guess I picked the less best move 11.Nxd4; at least this keeps open the diagonal d1-h5 preventing the maneuver Nh5 - Nf4, which was the main reason behind my move Apr-27-13    morfishine: Hello <Patriot>! On your question: <Could you have played 12.Bxf7+ there? 12...Kxf7 13.Qc4+ etc.> Of course, its all clear now; But, I didn't see it for some reason, so thats that <I learned an important lesson from today's problem. I've been so bent on looking at forcing moves only, I just realized that whenever you sac a piece or material in general non-forcing defensive moves become very important. Missing 18...e5 could really have given me a bad day OTB! It turns out not to work here, which is why it's a puzzle. After all, my winning idea was to swing the rook over to h3 in some lines but after 18...e5 that is pretty much put to rest> Thats been my main obstacle lately: seeing the best moves for the other side; Obviously, this can be critical; This whole analysis thing involves playing both sides and I'm most comfortable playing one side, which says a lot: Perhaps I play too much on intuition instead of cold hard facts Apr-27-13    morfishine: Good Evening <Patriot>! This comment by you sparked something for me: <For today's problem I think it is necessary to find any non-forcing moves which could help black to defend and hold on to the extra material> Lets make a "Thought Process Check List". There could be 20 items to check off; for example (1) check all checks & (2) check all captures, etc. I always seem to forget something, like you mentioned, the "non-forcing" move that defends. Maybe if we pool our thoughts, we can come up with something workable, at least for correspondence. OTB, its hardly practical, but you never know; maybe someone can remember everything every move. I don't know Apr-28-13    sevenseaman: Hi <Patriot>. I saw your comments on #89258 <a How to Think> exercise only today. Very pleasing to learn that it grabbed your attention. The way my dilemma in this puzzle was resolved was very satisfying indeed, some real catharsis. Thanks. Apr-28-13    morfishine: Hi <Patriot>! I was sure I made a check list and saved it somewhere, but I can't find it. I guess I need to put that on the check list: Carefully log where the check list is stored :) I guess this is what pretty much separates players by strength: What one sees and doesn't see, which by itself embraces or relates to almost all aspects of analysis: Checks, captures, threats, non-forcing moves, etc., all must be seen and carefully appraised. Leave one out and disaster strikes. Also, thats a maddening aspect of chess in general: Some days one can "see" everything while other days, its like looking through a fog Apr-28-13    morfishine: Hi <Patriot>! Thanks for the comments! I read your solution to the POTD today and your follow up: <...But taking that move seriously, took more time than actually working out what happens afterward. I have no problem admitting I only found 27...Bxf4 because it's a puzzle. During a game with limited time, I probably would have tried 27...Qh1+, trying to win h2> A question here is did the GM plan it or see it "all of the sudden" by inspiratiion <The question is, would you have seen this during a long time control? Just knowing it's a puzzle lures us to keep searching until we find the winning move. But during a real game, how do you know there is a winning move? What would trigger you to switch into "puzzle mode" and search until the winning move is found? That's the key, and I have to give Fedorov a lot of credit for finding this while the clock is ticking> The ability to assess the position figures here I think; visualization is one thing but calculating is another Here's an interesting audio from Alekhine where he comments on memory and visualization: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMRg... Apr-29-13    morfishine: Hi <Patriot>! I wanted to add we rarely know when a GM found a great idea. He could've planned it 10-moves ago or only saw the possibility a few moves before or even the move before; Or it could've been prepared at home months before. I think this is an aspect to consider Sometimes during the PM interview, we do find out when a GM found a great idea. For example here, Anand admitted finding thus powerful move order during home preparation resulting in this brilliancy: Aronian vs Anand, 2013 Apr-29-13    morfishine: Hi <Patriot>! A few thoughts on visualization that I dropped off at <DcGentle>'s forum: DcGentle chessforum Apr-30-13    morfishine: Hi <Patriot>! Some more thoughts on visualization. Any feedback is always welcome: DcGentle chessforum May-01-13    morfishine: Hi <Patriot>! Glad you liked the Akekhine audio, though it was short. On your comment: <... I agree that staring at a set position can cause us to see pieces on different squares when looking ahead. It's sort of like the retained image. This error also seems to crop up whenever I start looking for ideas in future positions or start playing with different moves trying to find the best, for example. It doesn't work so well!> This is the problem, keeping the pieces on the correct squares in long and complicated variations. As you mentioned in the past, when things get "fuzzy" its best to start over, but the clock's ticking. The experts at visualization rarely have the problem of "retained image" since not only are they better at keeping the board straight, seeing the pieces move is a tiny bit of information that aids in calculating. After all the pieces do move; I'm trying now to actually see the pieces move besides just figuring out the position after they've finished moving. May-04-13    morfishine: Hi <Patriot>! Nice write up on the POTD today even though you had the same problem as me and others, namely finding Rf5. <jimfromprovidence> had a nice post as well. Are you playing in any tournaments soon? How's your rating looking? I've taken a beating lately at 5-mon and Fischer Random or Chess960 (losing 150 points) Ouch! May-05-13    LIFE Master AJ: Hi! How have you been? May-05-13    Patriot: Hi <LMAJ>! I've been doing pretty well. It seems like there has been one issue after another. First it took a while to get my vehicle fixed. Apparently a mouse chewed some wires and caused the traction control/stability/brake assist lights to come on and disable the system. That cost me over $350 once the problem was found and then the lights came on again! It apparently spiked the power module (a $1000 part!) but luckily that was under warranty so no extra cost there. Right after that (as I told <morf>), I had a water heater leak. I got that replaced. Now there is a 7 inch hole in my bedroom window! :-) I hope things are going better for you! May-05-13    morfishine: Hi <Patriot>! Thanks for thinking about me in the Sunday POTD: I'm so inveigled in my game with <scormus> I just bypassed it; I thought <60...Nxb3> must be the insane move, but didn't look further. Water heaters come and go. Short story, our water heater went out and flooded the condo on New Year's Eve a few years back. Luckily, we called my sister's handyman, who arrived instantly, sized up the situation, drove to Lowe's, bought a new water heater, then returned and installed it; I'll never forget this bear of a guy man-handling our old water heater out the door, still half full of water, all rusty and heavy, then quickly hooking up the new unit. The whole ordeal costs about $350, but what a deal to get a new water heater! And on such short notice on New Years Eve! May-06-13    morfishine: I tell you <Patriot> my thought process is just pitiful. I had the winning move all decided on and then over-analyzed the position and switched rooks. Instead of 19.Rde1, 19.Rhe1 wins on the spot. I knew intuitively that was the move but switched at the last minute. I'm pretty disgusted at this point. May-06-13    LIFE Master AJ: <patriot> My hot water heater leaked too, major fix the day (Friday) before I went to the tournament in Birmingham. (I had a flood, a fire, and then another flood ... all in the house, all on the same day.) May-06-13    LIFE Master AJ: Hopefully - problems are all solved for now! How's your chess? May-07-13    Patriot: <LMAJ> Hopefully one flood put out the fire? It sounds like you had a terrible time! But I'm glad it's all been resolved. I haven't been playing much at all recently. To get the most mileage out of lessons, I decided to only take them as-needed. May-09-13    LIFE Master AJ: Basically, the plumbing on top of the hot water heater gave way, it was a mishmash of about 10-15 different pieces ... the maintenance man called it one of the worst pieces of plumbing he had ever seen. (First flood.) He had to "sweat" the old fitting off, (copper pipe), and, in the process, set fire to the 2x4. (FIRE!!!) Actually, it was no big deal. He told me what he had done, and ran to the shop to get his fire extinguisher. I nonchalantly grabbed a glass of water and flung it onto the source, this put it out. Unbelievably - with maybe 50-100 gallons of water already all over the floor and in the carpets - the guy yelled at me for causing more water damage! Then - when it was supposed to be all fixed - they turned on the water and something gave way, squirting water everywhere. (Second flood.) Then I had to have a guy come over and suck up all the water ... this took another 1-2 hours. And that night, we drove all the way to Birmingham. It was a heck of week, that Tuesday, I had to go to school ... my autistic daughter threw a fit ... she was taking off her shoes and throwing them at people. All-in-all, one of the worst weeks ever. (Tater also woke me up many times that week, the least <lod> noise will wake her out of a sound sleep.) May-09-13    LIFE Master AJ: should have been "a <loud> noise ... natch May-10-13    Patriot: <LMAJ> Wow, that is crazy! Would I be right if I said the guy is an appointee by the landlord? Because he doesn't sound professional. It sounds like you did have a rough week. May-12-13    LIFE Master AJ: Actually - I had several rough weeks in a row. I kept telling my friend - John L. (my student) - that it could not get any worse ... and for about 4-5 weeks in a row, it got worse. The week after the hot water heater blew up, I sprained my ankle, and wound up going to the ER like 7-8 times in about 5 days. (Complications.) Funny story - and true too. I was on crutches and I fell trying to open the bathroom door (in the ER) ... I spent like 90- minutes strapped to a backboard. All I could think about was I had to go pee! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 37) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 37 OF 37 ·  Later Kibitzing>		Hardinge Simpole Publishing

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